Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Google knowledge graph

Google this morning is launching a major addition to its search results pages intended to give users more accurate and relevant results. Get ready for: the Google Knowledge Graph.

(Forbes)

Just months after rolling out a controversial personalized search feature, Google is shaking up its search pages once again.

(Yahoo Finance)

SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook isnt the only Internet behemoth with big news this week. Google on Wednesday ratcheted up its search service as Facebook steamrolls to its gargantuan IPO on Friday.

(USA Today)

Americans and Brits might chuckle at their respective understandings of words like chips, pants and biscuits -- a search engine, however, cant be quite so discerning.

(engadget)

Maybe the TV show? Or maybe you actually wanted to know something about monarchs.

(CNN)

SAN FRANCISCO — Google on Wednesday began making its search engine smarter in a major upgrade that looks beyond query words to figure out what people are actually seeking online.

(Google)

Google will begin in the next few days to incorporate the knowledge graph it has been building for two years into its search results .

(Infoworld)

It's called the Google Knowledge Graph, which the company says includes some 500 million persons, places and things — and their billions of relationships to one another.

(Wired News)

Google has revamped its search engine in an attempt to offer instant answers to search questions. A new function, the Knowledge Graph, will make the sites algorithms act more human, the site said in a blog post.

(BBC News)

(Newser) – Google is rolling out a major new change to its search engine today—the Knowledge Graph.